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Stand Firm in the Lord's Calling 20 Oct 2011 | 03:30 am
The following is excerpted from the spiritual classic, “The Ladder of Perfection” by the fourteenth century English mystic Walter Hilton. After studying at the University of Cambridge, Walter Hilton l...
A Deeper Fruition of what We Seem to have Lost 15 Oct 2011 | 02:14 am
Today is the feast of Saint Teresa of Avila. From the Divine Office, at Matins, the Carthusians listened to this great Saint in her own words. Here’s what the monks heard. In the beginning, when I at...
Their Faces are Uncovered and Radiant 14 Oct 2011 | 01:11 am
Today, the Carthusians honour all those of their Order who are now heavenly intercessors, residents of Paradise – the Saints and the Blessed. At Matins, the monks had proclaimed to them a very familia...
Vespers 13 Oct 2011 | 01:35 am
Dear readers of Secret Harbour, If you would like to watch the video of the Holy Father celebrating Vespers with the Carthusian community of Serra San Bruno, go to: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/...
Captus ab Uno 12 Oct 2011 | 03:43 am
As many of you already know, this past Sunday Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Vespers with the Carthusian community of Serra San Bruno. Here is the Holy Father's homily: Venerable Brothers in the Episco...
Oh Oui - Ave Maria - Toujours, Toujours 8 Oct 2011 | 02:45 am
‘They will carry the Crucifix in their right hand and the Rosary in their left, and the holy names of Jesus and Mary on their heart’ ~ Saint Louis Marie de Montfort. Human logic suggests that a Man p...
SANCTE PATER BRVNO 7 Oct 2011 | 07:48 am
From the Museo della Certosa is the Italian publication titled, ‘I Colori del Silenzio’. And in that publication is a loving tribute to Holy Father Bruno. It is shared here at Secret Harbour, on this ...
What fire! What sweetness! 2 Oct 2011 | 05:33 am
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux wrote and spoke words which were nothing short of spectacular expressions of love. If we visually learned how to suffer by watching the life and papacy of John Paul II, then c...
Learn the Psalter Word for Word 1 Oct 2011 | 01:25 am
Today’s post on this Feast of Saint Jerome focuses on a portion of an epistle which Jerome wrote to Saint Rusticus of Narbonne. The letter’s theme is very monastic, although in some parts, monasticism...
Feast of the Archangels 30 Sep 2011 | 03:32 am
At Matins the Carthusians, on this feast of the Archangels, reflected on the most edifying words of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Here’s an excerpt from that discourse: We celebrate today, dear brethre...
